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The Great Liberator
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Going by every conventional career-measuring variable, Gene Skonicki is a perfect job candidate. He's a headhunter's dream come true. By all accounts, it seems like Skonicki has everything going for him. He's young--only 26--which means his prime creative and earning years lie ahead. He's only had two full-time jobs in his adult life, and he's personable and well-liked by everyone--bosses, co-workers, clients and vendors.
And I haven't even touched on the technical stuff: schooling, accomplishments and job responsibilities. When it comes to technology--the computer, specifically--there's nothing he can't do. He graduated from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, which boasts a distinguished reputation for training gifted students. While he was there he developed a meta search engine that helped students and teachers use the Internet more effectively.
Skonicki has been using a PC since grade school. By the time he graduated high school, he was an accomplished developer and problem-solver. His job: Skonicki is manager of technical operations at Siteworx, a Reston, Va., company that builds websites for nonprofit organizations and media companies. But his title doesn't do him justice. Technically, he's a project manager overseeing 20 developers, supervising every phase of a project, from concept, drawing-board and creation to installation.
Skonicki sounds too …
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